Second language task complexity : researching the cognition hypothesis of language learning and performance

1. List of contributors 2. Acknowledgements 3. Series editors' preface to Volume 2 4. Part 1. Cognition, task complexity, language learning, and performance: Theoretical and methodological issues 5. Chapter 1. Second language task complexity, the Cognition Hypothesis, language learning, and performance (by Robinson, Peter) 6. Chapter 2. Speech production and the Cognition Hypothesis (by Kormos, Judit) 7. Chapter 3. Corpus-driven methods for assessing accuracy in learner production (by Wulff, Stefanie) 8. Part 2. Researching the effects of task complexity across task types and modes of L2 performance 9. Chapter 4. Task complexity and linguistic performance in L2 writing and speaking: The effect of mode (by Kuiken, Folkert) 10. Chapter 5. Manipulating task complexity across task types and modes (by Gilabert, Roger) 11. Part 3. Researching the effects of task complexity on L2 interaction, modified output, and uptake 12. Chapter 6. Effects of task complexity and interaction on L2 performance (by Michel, Marije C.) 13. Chapter 7. Task complexity, modified output, and L2 development in learner-learner interaction (by Nuevo, Ana-Maria) 14. Chapter 8. Task complexity, uptake of recasts, and L2 development (by Revesz, Andrea) 15. Part 4. Researching the influence of learner characteristics and perceptions on simple and complex L2 task performance 16. Chapter 9. When individual differences come into play: The effect of learner creativity on simple and complex task performance (by Albert, Agnes) 17. Chapter 10. Working memory capacity and narrative task performance (by Kormos, Judit) 18. Chapter 11. Task complexity, language anxiety, and the development of the simple past (by Kim, You Jin) 19. Chapter 12. Examining the influence of intentional reasoning demands on learner perceptions of task difficulty and L2 monologic speech (by Ishikawa, Tomohito) 20. Author index 21. Subject index